Growing up in Palm Harbor, Samantha Greenberg recalls discussions about the importance of Israel for the Jewish people at Temple Ahavat Shalom and around the Shabbat dinner table with her parents, Robyn and Bryan Greenberg.
But it was not until a Taglit Birthright trip in the summer of 2008 that she made a strong connection. More...

When Dr. Zena Lansky was assigned to assist in a thyroidectomy during her residency at Belleview Hospital in New York, the male doctor who was performing the procedure on his patient got so angry that a woman surgeon was allowed in the operating room that he walked out – telling Lansky to finish the job. More...

Jewish National Fund (JNF) will honor six leaders in the Tampa Bay Jewish community at its annual Tree of LifeTM Award Dinner on Tuesday, April 8 at 6 p.m. at Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay, 2900 Bayport Drive, Tampa.
Janie and Marty Borell, Kathy and Mike Sobel, and Bob Gries will receive the Tree of Life Award and Amy Wasser will be presented with the Lawrence D. Wasser Humanitarian Award. More...